Hohenstein Surname

134,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hohenstein Surname User-submission:

Hohenstein is a German surname, denoting someone who came from Hohenstein ('high stone'), north Baden-Württemberg.

Hohenstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,6431:48,9996,399
United States1,5261:237,52222,749
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Austria171:500,90847,931
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
England61:9,286,343223,652
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1171:429,22031,367

Hohenstein (10) may also be a first name.

Hohenstein Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Hohenstein is a German surname, denoting someone who came from Hohenstein ('high stone'), north Baden-Württemberg.

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Hohenstein Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hohenstein Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Hohenstein is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hohenstein click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hohenstein? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 134,680th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,180,594 people. The last name Hohenstein is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Hohenstein reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Hohenstein is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 10 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 1,643 people, or 1 in 48,999. In Germany it is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 24 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found and Bavaria, where 12 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 46 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Hohenstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hohenstein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hohenstein surname increased 1,304 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hohenstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hohenstein last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hohenstein earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.27% more than the national average, earning R 385,620 per year; in United States they earn 9.82% more than the national average, earning $47,385 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.09% more than the national average, earning $51,716 CAD per year.

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